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Myoren-ji Temple is named in honor of the wife of Nanjo Tokimitsu. An approximate thirty-minute walk from the Head Temple is Myoren-ji, which is another former “Head Temple” of the various Fuji schools which conjoined with Taisekiji in the 25 December 1950 during the proselytizing efforts of former Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. The ...
Soka Gakkai (Japanese: 創価学会, Hepburn: Sōka Gakkai, 'Value-Creation Society') is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren. It claims the largest membership among Nichiren Buddhist groups, [citation needed] although it was excommunicated by Nikken Abe of Nichiren Shōshū ...
Taisekiji Head Temple, Japan. Ushitora Gongyo ( 丑寅勤行 , Ox-Tiger Persevering Practice) is a Buddhist liturgy service conducted in Nichiren Shōshū Buddhism . The service is traditionally held at 2:30 AM at the Kyakuden building of Taisekiji Head Temple, located within the lower slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan.
The decision came after its longstanding claim to religious independence after splitting with the Nichiren Shoshu sect in 1991, followed by the revision of the Soka Gakkai constitution on 8 November 2014, by which Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada declared that the original mandala in Taisekiji temple is not their "Object of Worship". The ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Daisaku Ikeda, who helped spread Buddhist thought around the world through Soka Gakkai - Japan's largest religious organisation and an ally of the government - has died, the ...
After Nichiren Shoshu's excommunication of the Soka Gakkai, he also had demolished several ferro-concrete edifices donated by the Soka Gakkai, replacing them with buildings more in keeping with the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese Buddhist temple. To the Soka Gakkai this was highly controversial, considering that the buildings were built ...
Nichiren Shōshū (日 蓮 正 宗, English: The Orthodox School of Nichiren) is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282), claiming him as its founder through his senior disciple Nikko Shonin (1246–1333), the founder of Head Temple Taiseki-ji, near Mount Fuji.
Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...